The loyalty missions are wonderful (mostly, here’s looking at you Kanye) and vary from exciting shoot-em-ups to poignant, emotional moments. It could be argued that Shepherd gaining the loyalty of his/her crew is the main point, but the individual mission for each crew member is completely optional and so if someone just wanted to see the bare bones of the story they could whip through it without getting to the real meat of the game. The main storyline feels incredibly brief, and only seems to revolve around four major events. Story-wise, something feels slightly amiss. Perhaps it’s because he’s a spit of Kanye West that I took an immediate dislike to him, but compared to the genius of some of the others, I’d rather go into a fight with an angry Krogan armed with colourful language and a packet of wine gums than speak to him. The only one I will warn you of beforehand is Kaiden Alenko’s replacement in the boring token male department, Jacob Taylor. I’d hate to spoil your own voyage of discovery (this sounds like a self-help book!) and your Shepherd should meet the new bunch of his own accord. Such confidence do they have in their characterisation, BioWare force themselves to conjure up a completely new cast for their Empire-Strikes-Back-moment, making the first crew seem like a bunch of Hollyoaks extras in the process.Īs is customary with a BioWare game, the majority of characters are quite splendid with the odd dud. A brief, but completely awesome opening sequence boldly decimates your merry band of heroes. The odd occasion sees you running into one of your old crewmates, but BioWare don’t care much for sentimentalizing. This seems to be a running theme throughout Mass Effect 2, with major decisions from the first game only receiving brief mentions. Possibly the biggest decision I’d made at the end of the first game, offing the council, was met with all the fanfare of a sloppy fart. Boy, was I in for a surprise…Īnd that was that. The council didn’t make it, but they were gits anyway, so I thought I’d see how my old buddy Anderson was getting along as head of the new council. I had, after all, vanquished that pesky Saren and brushed aside the Reaper threat. So I rocked up back into the Citadel, ready for my hero’s welcome.
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